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The location of the state of Tennessee. Paleontology in Tennessee refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Tennessee. During the early part of the Paleozoic era, Tennessee was covered by a warm, shallow sea. This sea was home to brachiopods, bryozoans, cephalopods, corals, and trilobites.
The Holliston Mills site, a Mississippian town in Upper East Tennessee, is located on the north bank of the Holston River south of Kingsport in Hawkins County, Tennessee. The site was excavated by members of the Tennessee Archaeological Society between 1968 and 1972.
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus. †Isotelus †Kockelella †Krausella †Lingulella †Lonchodomas †Marsupiocrinus †Meristella †Meristina †Monomorphichnus †Orthoceras †Ozarkodina †Ozarkodina confluens †Paciphacops; Fossilized theca of the Carboniferous blastoid echinoderm ("sea bud") Pentremites ...
This list of the Paleozoic life of Tennessee contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Tennessee and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
US: Tennessee and Mississippi: Marine reptiles, particularly mosasaurs and plesiosaurs; Invertebrates: Turritella (sea snails), bryozoans, clams, crabs, shrimp and some sharks; Denali National Park and Preserve [Note 3] Cantwell Formation: Late Cretaceous: North America: US: Alaska: Non-Avian Dinosaur tracks, [2] plants, insects Dinosaur ...
Fewkes Group Archaeological Site , also known as the Boiling Springs Site, [1] is a pre American history Native American archaeological site located in the city of Brentwood, in Williamson County, Tennessee. It is in Primm Historic Park on the grounds of Boiling Spring Academy, a historic schoolhouse established in 1830.
Fossils of microbes, sea sponges, insects, sharks, early amphibians and mammals have been discovered in the rocks around the state, representing over 1 billion years of life on Earth.
It is located in East Tennessee and also extends into southeastern Kentucky, northwestern Georgia, and northern Alabama. This part of Alabama is part of the Black Warrior Basin. [1] The Chattanooga Shale of East Tennessee is reported to be an extension of or correlates with the Marcellus Shale of the Appalachian region to the east. [5]